| ID | Code | Title | Author | Description | Home(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14217 | SCOT1 | Finding Peggy: A Glasgow Childhood | Meg Henderson, Corgi Books, 1994 | A true, shocking and humorous account of life in a Glasgow slum. | |
| 14218 | SCOT2 | No More Silence | David Whelan, Harper Element, 2010 | A biography of David's life growing up in an inner city Glaswegian slum then Quarriers Children's village where he was delivered into the hands of a paedophile. David escapes and goes on the build a life of success. He receives a phone call from his abuser's wife, who asks him to be a character witness. He instead decides to tell the truth, turning the tide for detectives involved in a massive investigation and changing his own life forever. | |
| 14219 | SCOT3 | Surviving the Battleground of Childhood: Construction of A Personality | Thomas D. McKinnon, Pen Press Publishers, 2008 | Beaten by his father, sexually molested by his maternal grandfather and his maternal step-grandfather, Thomas McKinnon battled through his childhood learning how to be a survivor. | |
| 14220 | SCOT4 | Tears at Bedtime – The shocking true story of a stolen childhood | Tom Wilson with Andrew Crofts, Arrow Books, 2007 | A memoir of Tom Wilson's life abused from the age of seven to eleven by David Murphy at St Margaret's in Elie, Scotland. Tom was first placed in Greenbank's Children's Home in Leven, Scotland. | |
| 14221 | SCOT5 | A Sense of Freedom | Jimmy Boyle, Canongate Publishing & Pan Books, 1977 | A book about a life of crime and a searing indictment of a society that uses prison bars and brutality to destroy a man's humanity and at the same time an outstanding testament to one man's ability to survive, to find a new life, a new creativity, and a new alternative. | |
| 14222 | SCOT6 | The Orphan Country – Children of Scotland’s broken homes from 1845 to present | Lynn Abrams, John Donald Publishers Ltd, 1998 | A comprehensive study of the history of child welfare and protection in Scotland. A unique insight into the child’s experience of care and highlights the fate of children sent to care, boarded out and emigrated overseas. | |
| 14223 | SCOT7 | As I Lay Me Down to Sleep | Eileen Munro & Carol McKay, Mainstream Publishing Company Edinburgh, 2008 | An autobiography of neglect and abuse compiled from Eileen’s social work case notes and other official sources. Eileen was placed at Kidron House. | |
| 14224 | SCOT8 | Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry Case Study No. 8, Vol. 1: Child Migrants’ Experience | Mar-23 | Inquiry into children sent overseas as part of child migration programmes between 1800s and the early 1970s. Contains evidential hearings from 3rd December 2019 to 21st October 2020. Receiving institutions in Australia include: Western Australia - Nazareth House in Geraldton, St Joseph's Orphanage in Subiaco, Castledare Boys' Home, Fairbridge Farm School in Pinjarra, St Mary's Agricultural School in Tardun, Bindoon Boys' Town & Clontarf Boys' Town. South Australia - St Vincent de Paul Orphanage. QLD - St Joseph's Home in Neerkol & Salvation Army's Riverview Training Farm. NSW - Barnardo's Greenwood in Normanhurst, Barnardo's Girls' Home in Burwood, Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Home, Fairbridge Farm School in Molong & Barnardo's Mowbray Park Farm School in Picton. VIC - Dhurringile Rural Training Farm, Nazareth House in East Camberwell & Lady Northcote Farm School in Bacchus Marsh. Tasmania - St John Bosco Boys' Town in Hobart. CLAN is mentioned under engagement with key organisations on page 1. |